Give Blood and Take Home a Box of Girl Scout Cookies

Charleston area Red Cross partners with Girl Scouts to provide free cookies to blood and platelet donors in July and August

Charleston, S.C., June 21, 2013 – Charleston area Red Cross blood and platelet donors will have a sweet opportunity during the months of July and August to give the “gift of life” and get a free box of Girl Scout cookies.

The cookies are being provided by the Eastern South Carolina Girl Scouts and will be available to all presenting blood and platelet donors at the Mt. Pleasant and West Ashley Red Cross donation centers in July and at all mobile drives during the months of July and August.

"We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with Girl Scouts to thank blood and platelet donors for their incredible generosity with a complimentary box of Girl Scout cookies,” said Ryan Corcoran, chief executive officer for the Red Cross S.C. Blood Services Region. “Girl Scouts and the Red Cross share a common goal to make the world a better place, and this is a great opportunity for our organizations to work together to make that mission a reality.”

For more information or to schedule an appointment to give blood at the one of the following donation locations, visit www.redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-722-2767).

Mount Pleasant Donation Center

920 Houston Northcutt Blvd., Mount Pleasant, S.C. 29464

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Blood

Closed

Closed

11AM-7PM

9AM-5PM

6AM-2PM

6AM-2PM

Closed

Platelets

11AM-6PM

11AM-6PM

Closed

Closed

6AM-1PM

6AM-1PM

6AM-1PM

West Ashley Donation Center

2000 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Charleston, S.C. 29407

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Blood

11AM-7PM

11AM-7PM

11AM-7PM

9AM-5PM

6AM-2PM

6AM-2PM

Closed

Platelets

11AM-6PM

11AM-6PM

Closed

Closed

6AM-1PM

6AM-1PM

6AM-1PM

Community Blood Drives

Date

Location

Address

City

Start time

End time

7/1

American Red Cross Rivers Park

8085 Rivers Park

Charleston

11:00 AM

5:00 PM

7/5

Trident Medical Center

9330 Medical Plaza Dr.

Charleston

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7/7

Charleston 7th Day Adventist

2518 Savannah Hwy.

Charleston

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7/7

First Baptist Church of Moncks Corner

112 East Main St.

Moncks Corner

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/8

First Baptist Church of Walterboro

124 South Memorial

Walterboro

1:00 PM

7:00 PM

7/9

American Red Cross Rivers Park

8085 Rivers Park

Charleston

2:00 PM

7:00 PM

7/9

Church of the Holy Cross

299 Seven Farms Dr.

Daniel Island

12:00 PM

5:00 PM

7/9

Folly Beach Community

55 Center St.

Folly Beach

12:30 PM

5:30 PM

7/10

Hill Rom

4349 Corporate Road

Charleston

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7/10

Johnson & Johnson, Inc.

200 Wingo Way

Mount Pleasant

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7/11

South Carolina Ports Authority

176 Concord St.

Charleston

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7/11

Santee Cooper Main Building

1 Riverwood Dr.

Moncks Corner

10:00 AM

4:00 PM

7/11

Scientific Research Corporation

1101 Remount Road

North Charleston

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7/12

Roper Hospital

3165 Calhoun St.

Charleston

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/13

Pioneer Pentecostal Holiness Church

1196 Alligator Road

Cordesville

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7/14

Goose Creek United Methodist Church

142 Red Bank Road

Goose Creek

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7/14

The Church at LifePark

1151 George Browde Blvd.

Mount Pleasant

8:00 AM

1:00 PM

7/15

Christ Church

2304 Highway 17 N.

Mount Pleasant

1:30 PM

6:30 PM

7/16

Centurum, Inc.

2442 Remount Road

Charleston

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/16

Edisto Beach Baptist Church

414 Jungle Road

Edisto Island

11:00 AM

5:00 PM

7/16

Berkeley County Government

1003 Highway 52

Moncks Corner

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/17

SPARC

2387 Clements Ferry Road

Charleston

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/17

Charles River Laboratories

1023 Wappoo Road

Charleston

11:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/18

Wild Dunes Sweetgrass Pavillion

5757 Palm Blvd.

Isle of Palms

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/18

SAIC

5617 N. Rhett

N Charleston

11:00 AM

4:00 PM

7/18

CreateSpace

4900 Lacross

N Charleston

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/19

American Home Patient

10105 Dorchester Road

Summerville

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/19

Old Train Depot at Doty Park

320 N. Laurel St.

Summerville

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/21

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

510 St. James Ave.

Goose Creek

8:30 AM

1:30 PM

7/23

Life Cycle Engineering

4360 Corporate Road.

Charleston

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

7/23

Bishop Gadsden Meyers Hall

1873 Camp Road

Charleston

11:00 AM

4:00 PM

7/23

MUSC Harborview Tower

19 Hagood Ave.

Charleston

12:00 PM

5:00 PM

7/23

Summerville Medical Center

295 Midland Parkway

Summerville

1:00 PM

6:00 PM

7/24

North Charleston City Hall

2500 City Hall Lane

North Charleston

11:00 AM

4:00 PM

7/25

Citadel Mall

2070 Sam Rittenberg Blvd.

Charleston

8:00 AM

8:00 PM

7/25

Northwoods Mall

2150 Northwoods Blvd.

North Charleston

8:00 AM

8:00 PM

7/26

City of Goose Creek

519 N. Goose Creek Blvd.

Goose Creek

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7/28

Cathedral Academy

3790 Ashley Phosphate Road

Charleston

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7/30

Charleston Maritime Center

10 Wharfside St.

Charleston

11:00 AM

4:00 PM

7/30

Albany International

300 Albany Dr.

Saint Stephen

6:00 AM

11:00 AM

7/31

SCE&G - Canadys Steam Plant

Highway 61 General Delivery

Canadys

8:00 AM

1:00 PM

8/6

American Red Cross Rivers Park

8085 Rivers Park, Suite D

Charleston

2:00 PM

7:00 PM

8/7

Marine Resources

217 Fort Johnson Road

Charleston

12:00 PM

5:00 PM

8/7

VA Hospital

109 Bee St.

Charleston

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

8/9

ATP Gunshop & Range

1340 College Park Road

Summerville

1:00 PM

7:00 PM

8/10

ATP Gunshop & Range

1340 College Park Road

Summerville

9:00 AM

3:00 PM

8/11

Pinopolis United Methodist Church

1833 Pinopolis Road

Pinopolis

12:00 PM

5:00 PM

8/11

Summerville Presbyterian

407 S. Laurel St.

Summerville

8:00 AM

1:00 PM

8/13

Motley Rice LLC

29 Bridgeside Blvd.

Mount Pleasant

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

8/14

Cook Bonner Construction

147 Wappoo Creek Dr.

Charleston

11:00 AM

4:00 PM

8/14

BP

1306 Amoco

Wando

11:00 AM

4:00 PM

8/15

Blackbaud

2000 Daniel Island Dr.

Charleston

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

8/15

Berchtold

1950 Hanahan Road

North Charleston

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

8/15

Pathology Services Associates/Muhler Co.

5920 Rivers Ave.

North Charleston

11:00 AM

4:00 PM

8/16

Walmart

605 St. James Ave.

Goose Creek

1:00 PM

6:00 PM

8/18

John Wesley UMC

626 Savannah Hwy.

Charleston

8:30 AM

1:30 PM

8/20

Comcast Cable

4400 Belle Oaks

N Charleston

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

8/21

Charleston Southern University

9200 University Blvd.

Charleston

11:00 AM

5:00 PM

8/22

Omar Shrine Convention Center

176 Patriots Point St.

Mount Pleasant

7:00 AM

7:00 PM

8/22

Summerville Baptist Church

417 Central Ave.

Summerville

7:00 AM

7:00 PM

8/26

Point Hope United Methodist Church

3404 Turgot Lane

Mount Pleasant

1:00 PM

6:00 PM

8/27

Palmetto Primary Care

2550 Elms Road

N Charleston

1:00 PM

6:00 PM

8/31

First Christian Church

1504 Highway 52

Moncks Corner

8:30 AM

1:30 PM

The Red Cross encourages people who are in good health to donate so that hospital patients have the blood and platelets they need to make a full recovery. Blood is needed to help treat a variety of patients including accident victims and individuals undergoing surgery and cancer treatment.

The Red Cross South Carolina Blood Services Region provides lifesaving blood to patients in 54 hospitals. Approximately 500 people need to give blood or platelets each week day to meet hospital demands.

Blood can be safely donated every 56 days. Platelets can be given every seven days, up to 24 times a year.

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How to Donate Blood

Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. Blood can be safely donated every 56 days. Platelets can be given every seven days, up to 24 times a year. Most healthy people who are 17 years of age (16 with parental consent) and weigh at least 110 pounds are eligible to donate blood to the Red Cross. Donors who are 18 years and younger must also meet specific height and weight requirements. A Red Cross blood donor card or driver’s license, or two other forms of identification, are required at check-in.

About the American Red Cross:The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.